- When collaborating with outside resources,it's often the case that your version of solidworksdoes not match their version ofsolidworks and this can create complications.Things to be aware of are the different versions,year versions and service packsthat are available for solidworks.By going to the solidworks website you can easily seethe different versions that are available for solid works.Solidworks premium being the top level version.Then below that professional.Then below that the base package standard.

To add complication to this thereis also an educational version.Which opens up files, just the same as solidworksbut has watermarks and other things to limit youfrom using it commercially.Now that we're aware of this complication thatarises from different versions of solidworks,how do we find out which version we have.This is done simply by going up to the help menu.Clicking once, going down to, about solidworks.Clicking again and here we see all the informationabout RC and license.

So, we have a version of solidworks premium 2017,64 bit, updated to service pack three.You can leave this menu by simply clicking okand going back to work.

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7/27/2017

Even if you use SOLIDWORKS on your team, you may collaborate with people (inside or outside your company) who work with other CAD tools. In this course, David Antanavige shows you how to import non-SOLIDWORKS models, integrate them in your projects, and understand the limits of what you can do with them. This includes 3D formats such as IGES, STEP, Parasolid, and STL and 2D formats such as DWG and DXF. Plus, learn how to export the same file formats out of SOLIDWORKS.